On this date in 2011 and the next day, 19 tornadoes tore through the D.C. region. It was part of the 2011 “Super Outbreak” that produced 360 tornadoes, mostly in the South, over four days, and killed over 320 people. Of the twisters on April 27 and 28, 11 occurred in Maryland and 8 in Virginia.
Here are other notables from this day:
- Average high: 72
- Average low: 52
- Record high: 95 (1915)
- Record low: 38 (1933)
- Record rainfall: 1.64 inches (1954)
